Make your holiday gifts at Elburn craft store
The Blackberry Creek Elementary School PTO will hold a fundraiser in cooperation with the local Party Animals store, 118 N. Main St., Elburn. If you mention Blackberry Creek when booking, the PTO will receive 10 percent of the sales. For details on the store, call (630) 365-2898.
Thanksgiving break crafts classes include a sewing class from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24. Cost is $18 per craft. You can sew a coat for your favorite 18-inch doll, make a fleece blanket and pillow for her, or make a scarf, hat and mittens. Make Christmas pajama bottoms and hat; you can decorate a matching T-shirt for $8. Make a fabric snowman or a sewing organizer.
An ornaments class will be offered from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24. Decorate ornaments and sign for your 4-foot wooden tree complete with lights. It can be used outside. Cost is $40 per tree.
The store will be open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27. For those who would like to shop without the kids, they have a craft day planned. For $40 per child - ask about the family discount - you can leave your child there for six hours while you shop. Each child can pick five crafts from the $10 list to make Christmas gifts for friends and family. All you need to do is pack them a lunch and leave a cell number and you can enjoy your day shopping, kid-free. Book your space now, as this opportunity will fill up fast. The $10 craft list choices include wooden snowman; Christmas napkin holder; Christmas single recipe holder; three wooden ornaments; ceramics; wooden sign for dad; wooden tool sign or holders; fish plaque; paint and decorate an apron; or paint and decorate wooden box with eight different types to choose from. Or sewing bargains for $10: make a scissor holder; Tooth Fairy money holder; two potholders, or a team scarf and hat (mitten available at an additional $5).
Walk-in crafts are available now through Christmas. For $20, make grandma or grandpa a hanging cloud with angels with your children's names; decorate a sunflower yard stick with each grandchild's name on the petals of the flower; decorate a doghouse yard stick personalized with someone's precious pet's name.
From now until Christmas, these crafts will be available any time there is not a party and the store is open.